Show VILLA WOULD HAVE SHORN OP OF HIS WHISKERS FIRST CHIEF WOULD LOSE FALSE FRONT SAYS VILLA lays claim to an army of seventeen thousand men and declares that he can aas easily I 1 ly get ammunition ind provisions douglas ariz general francisco villa has given out a written statement in which he says you ask me to tell you my strength I 1 will not lie to you for I 1 never lie altogether I 1 have armed men who are arc still loyal to my cause five thousand are arc with me now three thousand are in the garrison at juarez in and vicinity and in to hold back the advance ot of tile the Carran the balance of the troops are scattered as small garrisons garrison in less important towns the american government may believe itself very smart but it lias has not been able to stop me ine from getting all tile tho ammunition and provisions I 1 want the magerl materials ais for war have been paid for out of my own money and I 1 I 1 have bave crossed tho the border under the noses of american soldiers the tha fact that I 1 am spending my own money to buy ammunition and provisions should satisfy the people of the world uial I 1 am standing by my men and that I 1 have no immediate intention of quitting in my fight for the liberty of my people should I 1 have carranza in my power instead of killing him I 1 would shave him this would do him greater harm because then he would be shorn of th that at false front which to tho the ignorant indicates intelligence carranza cannot bo be president alvaro obregon however Is of another type ile he Is strong and I 1 admire strong men and he admires me dut but since lie he has cast baht in tits his lot with carranza I 1 shall continue to fight him until either he or I 1 has been swept off of mexican soil were carranza out of the way general obregon and I 1 could soon conic come to peace terms and we would work ther to build up my country |